This lesson focuses on the minor scales. There are 3 types of minor scales, natural, harmonic, and melodic. He discusses how music was in church modes and the scales developed from there. Every major scales has a relative minor scale.

This is a basic video explaining how the major scale can be used to create melodies using examples of Christmas songs. It is filmed from about the piano so that they keyboard and hands are easily seen by the viewer. (02:28)

This is one of the most basic starting points of music. The individual note or tone is played and explained. Tone is a sound that occurs at a specific frequency. Notes are the individual keys on the piano; there is a group of two black notes and a ...group of three black notes. Scales are the combinations of whole and half steps. There are major and minor scales.[more]

Piano Lessons: A lesson in how to play a chromatic scale. 2.5 minute clip of overhead view of pianist playing the chromatic scale in the right hand. She describes the proper keys and the proper fingering for the chromatic scale.

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